What is recorded here

Ten metres of limestone still stand in the graveyard corner, though the top has surrendered to time. The high eastern doorway and narrow southern window suggest a small refuge where fear and faith shared one breath. People may have climbed into that tower during storms or sieges, leaving ordinary life suspended below. The missing upper structure does not weaken the place; it invites imagination to complete what stone has forgotten.

In the SW corner of a graveyard (KD015-007004-) which also contains a medieval parish church (KD015-007005-). The remains consist of the lower portions (H 10m) of a round tower (ext. diam 4.8m; av. wall T 1.1m), built of coursed limestone masonry. The round-headed, granite doorway c. 2.5m above ground level has slightly inwardly inclining jambs, and faces E. Three floor-levels can be identified and one round-headed window survives at first-floor level, looking S. The round tower and nearby church are National Monuments (No. 190) in State ownership. (Fitzgerald 1891-5, 84-6; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 329; Lennox-Barrow 1979, 123-4; Bradley et al. 1986 vol. 4, 408-9; Harbison 1992, 192) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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